When it comes to health and beauty, the first thing most people must to consider is the natural effects of the aging process.  In this article, I will go through some very simple ways to turn back “father time” and how to outsmart your body.
1. Add one hour of sleep to stop your body from eating itself alive.
    Too many people think that sleep is expendable from their list of priorities. A sleep-deprived body places itself in a higher catabolic state [meaning your body cannibalizes its own muscle for energy], your adrenaline rises, and your body’s ability to repair itself for all your hard work decreases. It’s during sleep that your immune system finally has time to rest and heal itself.
2. Stay loose and limber to keep your muscles strong and tone
    As you age, the elasticity of tendons, ligaments and joint capsules decreases as collagen fibers cross-link or “mat” together. Eventually this process foreshortens the belly of each of your muscles, causing them to tire out a lot faster.
3. Get more rest between workouts to manipulate your hormones
    The older you get, the longer it takes for your body to recover from a hard workout. That means single-body-part weight training six days a week can do more harm than good.  Breaking up your routine with an occasional total-body workout, (relying more on compound exercises that work multiple muscle groups at the same time) is one sure way to maximize hormone manipulation.
4. Watch what you eat before and after workouts to flood your body with male hormones
    A few hours before you work out, try eating a tuna-on-whole wheat sandwich, a chicken salad, or some other type of protein-carbohydrate mix (absolutely no mayo.) Research has shown that eating a protein-and-carbohydrate-rich meal two hours prior to exercise, and another protein-carb meal within 60 to 90 minutes afterward can cause a significant spike in both growth and testosterone.
5. Confuse your metabolism to
ensure a lean look
    Once you hit 25, your metabolism begins to slow down at rate of 4% every 10 years, and all that extra middle-age weight you stand to gain comes with a lot more negatives than mere vanity-based concerns.  Eating different kinds of foods at different times of day can help to confuse your metabolism.  You should eat four to five small to medium meals throughout the day to sustain an optimal metabolic rate.
6. Take up yoga to stay stress
and anxiety free
    You may have felt you carried the world on your shoulders in your 20s, but you don’t really understand the burden of stress until you’re a bit older. Starting a family, crawling up the corporate ladder, and adding refinance to your vocabulary can send you into a whole new stratosphere of anxiety. Find a source of relief such as yoga to help you to relieve some of your stress.
7. Get proper health care
when needed
    Most people get in the habit of letting health issues go until the problem becomes severe enough that they must seek care or it becomes bothersome enough that it affects daily life. In any case, I always say, the five most dangerous words are: “Maybe It Will Go Away”. Getting yourself checked out is not a bad thing. Don’t fall into the norm and tell yourself that your problem will probably just get better. Take the time this year to improve your health for a better, happier life.